POLLS APART OP-ED Electoral reform battle as ANC loyalists reject reports backing constituency-based system 6 min 0 By John Matisonn
ANALYSIS Political paralysis — SA’s best bet may be to muddle through the middle ground 4 min 17 By Stephen Grootes
OP-ED For democracy to be meaningful, representative government and popular power need to coexist 6 min 0 By Raymond Suttner
LEGAL CONUNDRUM OP-ED The few pros and many serious cons of a constitutional challenge to the new electoral law 4 min 1 By Letlhogonolo Letshele
POLL POSITIONING OP-ED Electoral Reform – a multimember constituency model is the best option for South Africa 4 min 1 By Daryl Swanepoel
South Africa ANC: ‘State must fund us’, and other eyebrow-raising resolutions 3 min 18 By Rebecca Davis
ACROSS THE BORDER Voting smooth but slow in Lesotho parliamentary elections 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius and Shiraaz Mohamed
SOUTH AFRICA REIMAGINED Seize the moment: Songezo Zibi and the case for reshaping SA’s future democracy 6 min 6 By Marianne Thamm
PRESIDENCY OP-ED Direct presidential elections won’t prevent another ‘Zuma’ presidency — there are better ways of doing it 6 min 3 By Grant Masterson
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OP-ED Pros and cons of allowing voters to choose South Africa’s next president 6 min 1 By Pierre de Vos
BALLOT BOX OP-ED Why proposed amendments to SA’s electoral system favour the governing ANC 7 min 4 By Pierre de Vos
ROAD TO LOCAL ELECTIONS Women in South Africa’s local government elections: Equality and representation lessons for 2021/22 6 min 0 By Jennifer Smout
VOTING OVERHAUL Electoral reform in the air: Two new reports chart way forward for South Africa 5 min 6 By Rebecca Davis
OP-ED Our electoral system may be imperfect, but it mostly works – don’t tinker with it 7 min 0 By Daryl Glaser
Maverick Citizen Obituary Former MDC MP Fanny Chirisa understood, disturbed and disrupted power 6 min 0 By Bella Matambanadzo
OP-ED ConCourt ruling on Electoral Act has profound implications for democracy in South Africa 5 min 0 By Lindiwe Mazibuko
ANALYSIS Electoral system change is coming – but how helpful will it truly be? 5 min 0 By Stephen Grootes
